Untitled (Subway Drawing)
Date2008
Artist
William Anastasi
(American painter and sculptor, born 1933)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions7 5/8 × 11 3/8 in. (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
frame: 10 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (26 x 35.9 cm)
frame: 10 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (26 x 35.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky, 2009
Object number2009-54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing is from a series William Anastasi began in the 1960s. The artist draws daily and integrates the energy of his surroundings into his artmaking. In the case of these subway drawings, Anastasi closes his eyes and allows the movement of the train to affect his pencil, resulting in both consistent and interrupted marks. The inscription in the loweleft cornerer indicates the time and date the drawinwas madede—July 26, 2008 at 3:00 pm—and the person he was going to see—Wynn Kramarsky.
